LINKIN PARK – Vocalist Chester Bennington Dead At 41

Leading entertainment media sites have begun to report the news that police claim to have found the singer dead from an apparent suicide by hanging, eerily similar to what happened just barely over 2 months ago with Chris Cornell of SOUNDGARDEN (and oddly on Cornell’s bday today). Police say the singer was found hanging at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County.

More details to come as the story develops.

TMD sends out condolences to Chester’s family, band mates, friends and fans all around the world. He will be greatly missed.

Linkin Park is an outlier. The band’s risky creative choices—swinging wildly from song to song, album to album—are a hallmark of their career. Few artists effortlessly blend genres, emotions, and ideas with a voice as signature as Linkin Park’s. They are, after all, the architects of the inimitable “Hybrid Theory,” the only band proven to be as at-home on stage with Jay-Z as with Metallica, Steve Aoki, and Paul McCartney.

For any career artist, making new material matter can be the biggest challenge. Inspiration is a fickle thing, and past success often draws a bar that is hard to overcome. But once in a while, unexpectedly, lightning strikes—and an artist we think we know goes somewhere we didn’t know was possible.

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